Multi titles for games once they start.

[reblacklaf]

Yes I have just noticed on some games there are 2, 3 or more selections when you start the game. Example: Force of Nature and Force of Nature x11, Play Grim Dawn, Play Grim Dawn (x64), Play Grim Dawn (x86) - Legacy DX9 (Renderer). What are the differences and many other games are like this.

[Lithurge]

It's usually about performance or compatibility.

At a basic level:

DX9, DX11 and DX12 are all versions of Microsoft's API for accessing hardware and drive the graphics, later versions have better efficiency and/or fancier graphics.

Where you see it referring to X64 it's referring to the operating system/hardware. We all used to use X32 or 32 bit, modern PC's now use X64 or 64 bit, broadly speaking again it's more efficient.

If you have a modern PC then always stick with the highest number, unless you experience issues, in which case try the lower ones to see if it fixes those issues.

If you want to know more then it's worth googling for the differences between them.

[IFIYGD]

For Grim Dawn- "Play Grim Dawn" is default, 32 bit compatibility. "Play Grim Dawn (x64)" is for 64 bit systems and was added for XBox One/ XBox Series X/S compatibility, but may also give better performance on 64 bit systems. "Legacy DX9 (Renderer) is for older machines that have GPUs that do not have DX10/11/12 capabilities (playing on a toaster with a rotten turnip inside).

There's a ton of threads about this on the GD forums here on Steam, some on the GoG forums for the game, and even more on the official online forums.

[Start_Running]

Originally posted by reblacklaf:

Yes I have just noticed on some games there are 2, 3 or more selections when you start the game. Example: Force of Nature and Force of Nature x11, Play Grim Dawn, Play Grim Dawn (x64), Play Grim Dawn (x86) - Legacy DX9 (Renderer). What are the differences and many other games are like this.

Compatability work arounds.
In somecases performance work arounds.
Experiment and see which one works best for you and then you can just use the the Launch Option to have it use that everytime and skip the extra screen.

[reblacklaf]

Thanks that is what I thought. I had just not encountered this until I finished my new build and downloaded everything. Built my first computer back in 1963 while a sophpmore in highschool.

[Kargor]

Some developers are just very bad at having the game detect such things, and/or putting it into the settings...